The African Origins of Common English Words (IV)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Jitters. The English language owes this alternative word for nervousness to an African language, accordi...
A Know Nothing Nation
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi America gets a bad rap for being a nation of ignorant and self-involved people w...
The African Origins of Common English Words (III)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Let me begin this installment with an update. A native Hausa speaker wrote to tell me that another Hausa w...
What’s REALLY President Goodluck Jonathan’s Ethnic Group?
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. The magnitude of ignorance that Nigerians have of each other is truly astounding. For me, the most exasperat...
The African Origins of Common English Words (II)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. When I first wrote about the African origins ofcommon English words on September 8, 2010, I promised that I...
The American Black Male as Endangered Species
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. The fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman has brought to the surface the precario...
Patience Jonathan’s “Son” and Other Fictive Kinship Terms in Nigerian English
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. On July 18, Nigerian First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan famously said Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi ...
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